Scalar implicature and local pragmatics

Mind and Language

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-79

  Geurts, Bart ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 58649106440     PISSN: 02681064     EISSN: 14680017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0017.2008.01353.x     Document Type: Article

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